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Opponent: Quincy
Time: Saturday, November 6; 1:00 PM
Location: Quincy, IL
 
Quincy, IL. - The Bearcats will hit the road one final time in the fall 2021 season, taking on the Hawks of Quincy University. 

Scouting The Bearcats
Robert Clardy will be entering his seventh season (2021-22) as the Head Football Coach and his 14th season overall on the Bearcats Football coaching staff. In 2016, Coach Clardy earned GLVC Coach of the Year honors after leading the Bearcats to their first ever conference title and NCAA National Playoff appearance after finishing the season 10-2 (7-1 GLVC). Clardy's Bearcats were ranked as high as 17th in the NCAA Division II AFCA poll, finishing 22nd in the final NCAA Division II AFCA poll, while earning their first ever regional and national rankings. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the 2020-21 football season took place in the spring of 2021. The spring season was a shortened, three game, conference opponents only, season. Truman State visited Bolivar, taking the first game after a very tight first half. SBU nearly defeated Missouri S&T on the road the next week, but fell short late in the game. The final game finished with a high scoring victory over William Jewell.

Southwest Baptist enters Saturday's contest with a 3-6 (2-3 GLVC) record. Texas Permian Basin's strong defense held off the potent Bearcat offense, taking the week one matchup 24-16. Week two saw the Bearcats take on the defending national champions and #1 ranked West Florida on their turf. The Argonauts took the game 63-14. The Oilers of Findlay won a shootout in week three, 62-41. Bouncing back, the Bearcats defeated Lake Erie 28-20 on the road in week four, holding the Storm scoreless in the second half. UINDY won week five, 77-10. SBU responded with a pair of wins, defeating William Jewell 55-10 and upsetting Truman State 27-21 at home. Lindenwood defeated SBU 48- 24 on the road, and SBU lost a tight one to McKendree most recently. The spring's GLVC Offensive Player of the Year Cooper Callis has set several single game records this season, and has been named GLVC Player of the Week. He leads the GLVC in all passing categories, ranks 2nd in the nation in passing yards (2941), 5th in completions per game (27.0), 5th in completion percentage (69.2), and 9th in passing TD (27). Preston Carson, Jordan Kent, and Cassian Foreman have all been big targets. Carson has the second most receptions per game in the GLVC at 6.1, Kent at 5th (5.0) and Foreman at 6th (4.6). Carson also ranks 3rd in receiving yards per game, Kent is 4th and Foreman is 6th. SBU's group of linebackers is strong, led by upperclassmen in Aaron Harris, Taylor Jones-Morgan, and three-time GLVC Defensive Player of the Week, Coleton Smith. He recorded 20 tackles week one, 19 in week four, and 21 in week seven. He leads the nation with 127 total tackles, 25 more than any other NCAA DII player. Aaron Harris has the second most on the team with 54. Logan Turner has had a near perfect leg this year, going 6-6 on field goals including a 51-yarder, and 31-32 on PAT's.

Scouting The Hawks
The Quincy Hawks come into Saturday's matchup with a 3-6 (1-4 GLVC) record. They opened with a 48-27 loss to Midwestern State, but picked up a pair of wins against Iowa Wesleyan (59-27) and Walsh University (38-17). Perhaps their biggest win of the year came against Missouri S&T, downing the Miners 31-28. Another upset nearly came the next week, as Quincy almost took down Lindenwood, but fell 33-28. Against McKendree, the Hawks led 31-7 and 41-21 throughout the game, but fell apart in the 4th quarter, giving the Bearcats a 51-48 win. Quincy has lost their past 2 games by 20+ pionts, falling to UINDY and Truman. Tionne Harris leads the offense, completing 143-264 passes for 2049 yards, 21 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions. His stats are second in the GLVC. On the receiving end, Eugene Witherspoon has hauled in 29 passes for 709 yards and 13 touchdowns. His 13 scores leads the conference. Tremayne Lee and Taylor Temple share the backfield, each with just over 90 carries this year. Peyten Chappel is Quincy's defensive leader, totaling 74 tackles, 4.5 for loss, 2.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, and 2 forced fumbles this year. Byron Puryear and Collin Olla-Chatman have been busy in the backfield as well, recording 4.5 and 4.0 sacks respectively.

SBU leads the all-time series with Quincy, 5-3. In the last meeting, Quincy won the shootout, 48-34 in Bolivar. In that game, Bryce Cabrera rushed for 7.9 yards per carry on a total of 151 and a score. Taylor Jones-Morgan also led the defense with 9 tackles, recording a tackle for loss and a forced fumble as well.